Gautrain

South Africa’s 160 km/h Electrostars dive under Sandton’s bank towers, stitching Johannesburg to Pretoria in under an hour.

Stations

1. 0 kmJohannesburg Park
2. 1 kmDoornfontein
3. 2 kmEllis Park Station
4. 3 kmJeppe
5. 4 kmGeorge Goch
6. 6 kmDenver
7. Show 19 more stations

   1. 7 kmTooronga
   2. 8 kmCleveland
   3. 10 kmGeldenhuis
   4. 12 kmDriehoek
   5. 13 kmPresident
   6. 14 kmGermiston
   7. 17 kmKnights
   8. 19 kmRavensklip
   9. 21 kmElandsfontein
   10. 25 kmIsando
   11. 26 kmRhodesfield
   12. 28 kmKempton Park
   13. 30 kmVan Riebeeck Park
   14. 33 kmBirchleigh
   15. 37 kmKaalfontein
   16. 41 kmOakmoor
   17. 46 kmOlifantsfontein
   18. 51 kmPinedene
   19. 56 kmIrene
8. 61 kmCenturion
9. 62 kmSportpark
10. 63 kmKloofsig
11. 67 kmFonteine
12. 69 kmPretoria

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1026727 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Gautrain?

The Gautrain runs 56 km from Johannesburg to Pretoria.

How long does the Gautrain take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 45 min for the 56 km. That is an average of 75 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the Gautrain?

Gautrain (Bombela), with Electrostar EMU.

How old is the Gautrain?

The line has been in service since 2010. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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